Synthesis and Characterization of Fluorodinitroamine,FN(NO2)2

NF₃ and N(NO₂)₃ are known compounds, whereas the mixed fluoronitroamines, FN(NO₂)₂ and F₂NNO₂, have been unknown thus far. One of these, FN(NO₂)₂, has now been prepared and characterized by multinuclear NMR and Raman spectroscopy. FN(NO₂)₂ is the first known example of an inorganic fluoronitroamine. It is a thermally unstable, highly energetic material formed by the fluorination of the dinitramide anion using NF₄⁺ salts as the preferred fluorinating agent.